What Should I Look For In Choosing a Nursing Home? Knowing how to tell the difference between a good nursing home for a loved one and one that you should avoid can be difficult when you have no idea what to look for. When you are searching for a nursing home for someone you love, [...]
Baby Boomers: Will They Be Able to Afford Their Parents? Do you worry about whether your aging parents have their “affairs in order?” You should. After all, you’re the one who will have to pay unnecessary taxes and endure time-consuming court procedures if your parents don’t have an effective estate plan. Without some forethought on [...]
Speaking Dementia When I lived in Nepal, I had a friend who was a French anthropologist collecting a previously-undocumented language from a small tribal area in the distant Himalayas. A local informant was teaching her the language. After three months, she realized he had a lisp which she had learned to reproduce. That was why [...]
Dementia: Five Dietary Guidelines to Help Manage Symptoms Although there is no cure for dementia, the effects of dementia could possibly be reversed if diagnosed and treated in its earliest stages. Much of the treatment has to do with diet. Elderly adults who do not receive the proper amounts of vitamins and minerals in their [...]
Dementia River There are so many interesting rules in the art and agony of family caregiving. Especially when a family is dealing with dementia. Whether it’s Alzheimer’s or some other similar dementia, caregiving can become a war between family members. Like all wars, there are a set of unspoken rules which underline the battle strategy. [...]
Prepare to Make Long-term Care Choices Several months ago, I was coming out of a gas station when a woman stopped me and asked me what I did for a living. On the back of our van is our web address. On the side wing windows is “Free Senior Home Placement.” I explained to her [...]
Dementia Anger Mom has dementia. And she has her difficult days. But you can’t fix her dementia, right? So you probably can’t fix her being difficult, right? Here’s the good news. Wrong! It’s not that you can fix Mom, but you can learn how to remake your relationship with her. Okay, I understand you don’t [...]
